ANN PETRUCKEVITCH

ARTIST BIO

Ann Petruckevitch is a Brighton-based photographer whose work masterfully blends artistic vision with conceptual depth. Her practice spans alternative processes, still life, and documentary photography, earning her international recognition and numerous accolades.

Petruckevitch’s talent has been widely acknowledged through a series of prestigious awards, including the Julia Margaret Cameron Award (2019), the Pollux Award (2019), and multiple Gold and Silver awards from the London, New York, and Muse Photography Awards. She has also been shortlisted for the British Photography Awards, the Royal Photographic Society’s Science Photographer of the Year, and the Sony World Photography Awards, further cementing her reputation in the contemporary photography scene.

Her work has been featured in major exhibitions, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2024), and she continues to garner acclaim through the reFocus Awards, Exposure One Awards, and the 1839 Awards. With a compelling ability to capture intricate narratives through her lens, Petruckevitch's photography invites viewers to explore the intersection of art, science, and human experience.


ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a photographic artist living and working on the coast of England. In 2011 I received a distinction from the Arts University in Bournemouth for Photography as part of her Diploma in Art and Design.

I have a variety of photographic based interests and like to explore image interpretation by using an array of techniques including camera-less, analogue and digital media, respectively. This stems from challenging myself technically to create images that attempt to capture the depth, shape and visual impact of the proposed subject matter by presenting it on media that enables an organic type of exploration. This is very much an evolving process, encouraging me to closely examine the living and abstract world and form images that explore the spontaneous nature that subtly exists all around us.

Many my photographic projects originate from a desire to invite the viewer to witness some of the subtle unseen details of their environment. I am constantly striving to observe and form my own unique frame of the visual situation laid out before me using colour or black and white photographic processes, studying the subject matter and seeking out its visual interpretation beyond what is represented through the lens; shaping context to produce more ethereal and challenging type imagery.